Fix the Minecraft Launcher on a debloated Windows 10 install. (14.11.2022)

Microsoft

On February 8, 2022, I received an email from Mojang stating that I needed to migrate my Account to a Microsoft one.

After another two emails, I finally migrated my Account in October.

But I haven't played the Game since sometime in 2021, so I tried to give it another shot today.

Deep Ocean

I downloaded the launcher from https://minecraft.net/ and installed it. After that, I tried to log in with my Microsoft Account, but every time I clicked on the button, an error popped up stating that there was some type of error with the error code being deep ocean.

So I did the first thing that came to mind: clicking the info link in the error message. That turned out to be a 404.

The next thing I tried was disabling Pi-Hole for 30 seconds and flushing the DNS cache. It was possible that I was blocking some domains that Microsoft needs for their services. But this has not worked.

YouTube tutorials

After that, I searched "Minecraft Windows 10 deep ocean error." There were many recent videos that showed the same steps: to enable some Xbox Services. After trying to reset the Microsoft Store and Minecraft Launcher, I noticed that there could be a problem with the Xbox stuff because I used a debloat script on my Windows installation.

XBOX

In the Windows 10 settings is a category called "Gaming" and a point called "Xbox-Network." There is a status for the Xbox Network, e.g., Internet Connectivity, Xbox Live Services, and Xbox Live Multiplayer. Under the point, Xbox Live-Multiplayer is the status for Server connectivity, but for me, that was disconnected/unavailable.

So I went to the Microsoft Store and searched for "Xbox," and there it was: the Xbox App got uninstalled by the Debloat script.

Fix

I installed the Xbox App, logged in, installed some missing components, and started the Minecraft Launcher, but it was still not working. I was in a loop of having a Game license and playing the Demo.

So I logged out from the Microsoft Store, the Minecraft Launcher and the Xbox App. After logging in again, everything was working.

TL;DR

debloat script uninstalled the Xbox stuff from Windows 10
reinstall the Xbox App and the missing components
restart the PC
log out of the Microsoft Store, the Minecraft Launcher and the Xbox App
log back in
enjoy the Game

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